HP StorageWorks MSL Library Extender user guide (AQ746-96005, September 2009)
Table Of Contents
- HP StorageWorks MSL Library Extender user guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Features and overview
- 2 Configuring and operating an extended library
- 3 Installing the Library Extender
- Identifying product components
- Downloading product documentation
- Determining the master and lower Library
- Saving the Library configurations
- Upgrading the Library firmware
- Enabling extended mode
- Removing the cartridges from the Libraries
- Powering off the Libraries
- Positioning the Libraries in a rack
- Relocating tape drives
- Removing and replacing drive bay covers
- Removing the USB device and Ethernet cable from the lower Library
- Extending the pull-out tab
- Aligning the Libraries
- Installing the Extender
- Powering on the extended library
- Verifying the installation
- 4 Using diagnostic tools and troubleshooting
- 5 Servicing the Library Extender
- Replacing the Library Extender
- Removing the Library Extender
- Removing a cartridge from the Extender
- Repackaging the Library Extender
- Releasing the magazines manually
- 6 Support and other resources
- A Technical specifications
- B Electrostatic discharge
- C Regulatory compliance notices
- Glossary
- Index
1. To remove a tape drive from its current location, loosen the blue captive thumbscrews on the tape
drive.
2. Pull straight back on the tape drive handle while supporting the bottom of the tape drive to remove
it from the Library.
3. If necessary, remove one or two drive bay covers.
4. Slide the tape drive into its new drive bay. Tighten the blue thumbscrews with your fingers to
secure the tape drive in the Library.
Replacing drive bay covers
Use a #1 Phillips screwdriver to secure drive bay covers over any open tape drive bays.
Connecting the Ethernet cable
To use the RMI with the lower Library, insert one end of an Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port on
the back of the Library. Plug the other end into an Ethernet LAN port.
Powering on the Libraries
Power on each Library from its OCP. They no longer communicate with each other and must be
configured and operated separately.
Copying the key server token
Skip this section if the extended library is not using the HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 and MSL Encryption
Kit.
The encryption keys used to read and write encrypted data are stored on a USB key server token. In
the extended library, encryption keys are stored in the key server token installed in the master Library.
Servicing the Library Extender58